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BY DEBBY WALDMAN | SEP 09 2015

Academic copyediting program is a crucial resource to a growing number of international graduate students at U of Alberta.

BY ASHLEIGH VANHOUTEN | AUG 26 2015

Author of a new open textbook discusses how faculty instructors can deal with the changing digital environment.

BY LAURA MOSS | JUL 30 2015

Improve your chances with academic journals.

BY ASHLEIGH VANHOUTEN | JUN 16 2015

At Congress, a popular Career Corner seminar gives actionable advice on how to increase the quantity, quality and enjoyment of your writing.

BY MELONIE FULLICK | JUN 09 2015

Recently, I’ve been thinking about the digital tools I use in the process of researching and writing and whether others may find these programs useful. Here, I focus on tools I’ve worked with in various ways for academic and other research over the past year. Topsy: Twitter research, past and present If you’re doing any […]

BY JASLEEN SINGH | MAY 22 2015

Do you often find yourself spending time on social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest? Are you quick to incorporate new blogs, Prezi or audio programs into your school projects or presentations? If you’re intrigued and challenged by the chance to explore, evaluate and promote various technologies, perhaps you should consider a career that […]

BY NANA LEE, PAMELA PLANT, ZAYNA KHAYAT AND REINHART REITHMEIER | MAY 14 2015

The importance of mentorship in graduate education

BY NATALIE SAMSON | MAY 05 2015

Margaret Doyle works in the university’s marketing department to enhance engagement by creating a “living narrative”

BY WILLIAM JOHNSON | APR 24 2015

Reflection is key

BY ALEXANDRA PHILLIPS | APR 08 2015

When Emily Carr University of Art and Design professor Charles Dobson made a one-line entry in Wikipedia in 2010, he was surprised by the reaction. He’d merely noted that Emily Carr was the first school in North America to make a course on sustainability a requirement for all design majors. Eight days later both U.S. […]

BY JENNIFER POLK | APR 07 2015

Career coaches seem to be rising in popularity these days. Once hired primarily by mid- and late-career professionals in the corporate world, coaches and career consultants these days are sometimes specializing in working with graduate students and academics. Their services were news to me when I was in the early stages of my post-PhD transition. […]

BY UA/AU | MAR 31 2015

E-portfolios can be a great supplement to a CV – but they are not for everyone, explains Brock psychology professor Tanya Martini.

BY SHARI GRAYDON | MAR 18 2015

Why you should adopt some basic storytelling principles.

BY CHRISTOPHER BUDDLE | MAR 11 2015

How to encourage active learning with your students.

BY UA/AU | FEB 20 2015

Teachers should really think about collecting artifacts and evidence as they go.

BY ARIANE HANEMAAYER | FEB 17 2015

Dealing with puzzling advice from fellow colleagues.

BY KATHERINE BECKER + LIBBI MILLER | FEB 11 2015

Here’s what the big day has in store for you.

BY SHARI GRAYDON | JAN 16 2015

In the second episode of Engaging Audiences, Shari Graydon emphasizes the use of visual material when trying to convey your message. Intro music courtesy of Bensound. Your research is important and deserves as much attention as possible. But if no one can understand what you’re talking about, what’s the point? University Affairs magazine and Informed […]

BY NANA LEE, ZAYNA KHAYAT + REINHART REITHMEIER | JAN 14 2015

Transforming graduate education.

BY PEGGY BERKOWITZ | JAN 06 2015

Book provides a very different way of looking at that question. And, that’s a relief.